Zaghouan

The crew was completing a training flight out from Tunis-Carthage Airport. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain located in the Djebel Zaghouan, southwest of the city of Zaghouan. Both pilots were killed.

While flying by night at an altitude of 3,600 feet, the three engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located about 10 km north of Zaghouan while on a flight from Oran to Bizerte. All 15 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Mr. Even, pilot,
Michel Hauss, pilot,
Mr. Bertin, flight engineer,
Mr. Lelionnais, radio operator.
Passengers:
Maurice Rouyer,
Raymond Le Saulnier,
Bernard Le Mancq,
Pierre Le Boulicaut,
Robert Gaudel,
Joseph Diler,
Ygnacio De Labaca,
René Automarchi,
Guy André 2.

The crew was performing a nonstop flight from England to South Africa and the Royal Air Force ordered this Fairey Long Range Monoplane to establish a new record. The aircraft departed RAF Cranwell in the morning bound to the south. While overflying Tunisia by night, the crew did not realize his altitude was too low and was unable to distinguish the mountains (Djebel Zaghouan). Around 2240LT, the single engine airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located southwest of Zaghouan. The wreckage was found the following morning. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Arthur Gordon Jones-Williams,
Norman Hugh Jenkins.